Improvement in iromimg apparatus



H. E. SMITH.

Ironing-Apparatuvs.

No. 167,580. Paxenwdsepmnas.

HAMILTOLT E. SMITH,

i ICO or New YORK, N.'Y.

IMPRQVEMENT IN IRCNlNG APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l67,50. dated September 7. 1875; application filed August 6, 1675,.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAMILTON E. SuITH,

of the city, county, and State ot' New York, have invented a certain new and Improved Machine for Ironing Clothes and other articles, of which the following isa specification rlhis invention is illustrated in the accom` panying drawing, iu which Figure, l represents a transverse vertical section in the plane x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan or top View. Fig. 3 is a front view oi' the calendering-roller and the supporting-roller detached. Similar letters indicate correspondingparts. rlhis invention consists in the conibination of a heated oaleinlering-roller with a clothcovered supportingzroller, said rollers being` geared together so that the calendering-roller moves with a supercial velocity different from that of the supporti]igroller. The calender ingroller is provided witha groove, and the supportiilg-roller with acorresponding projection, to take up the gore ot' shirt-collars or other articles to be exposed to the action of the two rollers.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the frame oi' my machine, said framebeing provided with two guide-slots, a, for the reception oi' the journal-boxes I) ot' the supportingroller B, and for blocksc, which are supportedby cams (l, and which are separated from the boxes b by pads d ot' india-rubber or other elastic material. In the upper part ot' the frame A are secured boxes c, which form thc bearings for the calendering-roller U. rlhe cams dare mounted on a sha't't, j", which has its bearings in the frame A, and on one end of this shaft is mounted a hand-lever, D, so that by depressing this hand-lever the boxes l) oi' the supporting-roller Bare raised,and the pressure to be exerted on `the articles passing through between the two rollers B and U can be controlled by the workman attending to the machine. At the same time the elastic pads d' render the supporting-roller yielding to acertain degree, so that injury to the clothes 0r articles passing through between the rollers is avoided.

The supporting-roller is made of wood or other suitable material, and it is covered with a layer of felt, and on this layer is secured the ironing-cloth g, in such a manner that said ironing-cloth can be readily removed when it becomes dirty or torn, and that a fresh ironing-cloth can be applied with little trouble or loss of time. The calenderingroller C is'heated with steam or in any other desirable manner, and it is geared together with the supporting-roller by means of cogwheelshJ` i, which are so proportioned that the supercial velocity of said calenderingrolleris different from that of the supportingroller, thervelocity of the calendering-roller being, by preference, about twice as great as that of the supporting-roller, so that the V clothes, inv passing through between the two rollers, will bepolished. The clothes or articles to ironed are fed to the rollers B C over a table, E, which is secured to the frame A, and as the same are prevented from slipping on the ironingcloth which surrounds the supporting-roller, their upper or outer surfaces are polished by the action ot' the calenderingroller. Said calemlering-roller is provided with a groove, j, and the supporting-roller is furnished with a corresponding projection, lo, so that the gores of certain classes of shirtcollars or other articles will be taken up by said projection and groove, and that portion oi' said articles which is to be polished will lie dat on the supporting-roller. The dept-l1 and form ot' the groove and projection will have to be adapted to the articles to be ironed, bnt if my machine is to be used principally for shirts and shirtcollars, the groove and projection will be adapted to these articles.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, in an ironing-machine, provided with a calendering-roller adapted to be heated, of a supporting-roller having a removable covering of fabric, and the two rollers being geared together to have a dil'erential rotary movement for polishing the clothes as they are ironed, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, withthe smooth calenderingeroller, ofV an ironing-machine adapted Y i to be heated, and eonstructedlwith the cirhave hereunto set my hand and seal this 13th eumferential groove j, at or near 011e end of day of January, 1875.

the supporting-ro1ler B havin@ a corresponding projection, k, anda covering of fabric, HAMILTON E SMITH' [L s'] substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I Witnesses:

W. HAUF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

